Except for the rare occurrence of a re-run ET, which still includes all the risks of the first time, if something bad happens – you will never get that content. Whether it’s a little mistake, or a bug, or just missing the window. I do not understand how the developers can justify PERMANENTLY locking paying players out of content. No cute outfit for you!!!!Ĥ.) Lastly, and I think the most egregious issue, ties in with all of them. and if you do get unlucky enough to fall victim to one of these bugs during an ET mission you are quite simply SOL. The bugs that I do stumble across are few and far between, which is great because when you do encounter a bug it can ruin an entire run, hopefully you saved recently. No cute outfit for you!ģ.) These games, especially Hitman 3, are pretty gosh darn seamless. However, in ETs, any tiny mistake means you fail. Hitman in its essence is about trial and error, making mistakes and learning from them to make your next attempt better. ETs completely destroy that part of the game and remove entirely the reward for being knowledgeable about the mission. Yes, this can be frustrating but plenty of games have time-sensitive content (seasonal events, etc.) so this in particular is not the biggest deal for me.Ģ.) The thing I love about Hitman, in particular the newer games, is that you get to play the missions over and over again, trying new things, exploring, learning different approaches to get that coveted SA/SO rating.

I’ve seen several other threads over the years about other people disliking Elusive Targets so I know I’m not totally alone in this.īelow are my reasons for hating this god-awful excuse for a game mode:ġ.) A common complaint I see is that players can miss ETs if they aren’t actively playing the game around the time they come out. I’ve always hated Elusive Targets, but today it really crossed a line that drove me to seek anger-validation in this dark place. Within the new trilogy alone I have easily five to six hundred hours (that’s not a flex, just trying to put my frustration into perspective). I’ve completed damn-near everything in Hitman 3, including damn-near everything from 1 and 2 that’s carried over into 3.

The Hitman series is one of – if not my favorite video game series ever.

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